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To: long-gone who wrote (71)	8/31/1999 11:55:00 AM
From: MNI	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1449

You may have noticed though, R.H+ C.H., that Pres. Jackson's axioma were outdated by the introduction of weapons of mass destruction, unthinkable still at his time, that make it well possible for a selection of foreign foes to extinguish the whole population of the U.S.; so that even 240 million well-armed men cannot be 'the bulwark of our defense'; that therefore a solidaric system of defense had to be employed and that consequentially the U.S. have a professional standing army, and cannot rely anymore on a national militia, armed by weapons that could be in private posession, but on not anything else than a standing army for defense ?